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No. 627,447. Patented lune 20, I899.

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PRINTING PRESS.

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PRINTING PRESS.

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s L mu 2am aw 4m" \VILLIAM SPALCKHAVER, OF NE? YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TOROBERT IIOE,

THEODORE II. MEAD, AND CHARLES IV. CARPENTER, OF SAME PLACE.

PRINTING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,447, dated June 20,1899.

Application filed December 29, 1897. Serial No. 664,209. (hi0 model.)

To (all whom it nut/y concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SPALOKHA- VER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, (Brooklyn,) county of Kings, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPrinting-Presses, fully described and represented in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

In the present state ofthe art of printing newspapers it is not onlyrequired that the press shall readily produce them in a great variety ofsizes, but that one component web entering into the combination ofv webscomposing the same may be printed in several colors, as well as inblack; and the object of my present invention is to produce a presswhich shall be capable of giving such a product and which at thesametime shall have an exceptionally large capacity for products printedwholly in black. 1

The invention consists in certain combinations,including one or moreprinting and perfecting mechanisms and a plurality of auxil-' iaryprinting mechanisms primarily adapted to print on the same side of aweb, and with which is preferably combined means for reversing the webor the direction of rotation of cylinders, so that a web may beperfected by the auxiliary mechanisms, all as fully described andclaimed hereinafter.

Most of the advantages of my present invention may be secured bycombining the auxiliary mechanisms with a single printing and perfectingmechanism; but in practice it will usually be desirable to combine theauxiliary mechanisms with two or more printing and perfectingmechanisms. In the present application I have shown the combination asmade with three printing and perfecting mechanisms.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of an embodiment of thisinvention,the framework and gearing are in part omitted to render theillustration perspicuous; but the direction of motion of the variousparts indicated by the arrows will be sufficient to enable one skilledin the art to understand the structure and arrangement of thedrivinggearing.

The complete machine herein embodied consists of three printingmechanisms, each of which consists of two printingcouples adapted toprint onopposite sides of a Web to perfect the same, herein generallyreferred to as the main machine, and of a fourth printing mechanismwhich consists of three printing-couples, each of which is adapted toprint upon the same side, and herein generally re ferred to as theauxiliary machine.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the completemachine, in which the three perfecting mechanisms of the main machineare shown as operating upon separate webs and perfecting the same inblack. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same machine, in which two websare being perfected in black by two of the printing-couples of the mainmachine, while the third web is not only perfected in black by one ofthe printing-couples 0f the main machine but has applied to it inaddition thereto upon its upper side the three primary colors by theprinting-couples of the auxiliary machine. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe same machine, in which the three webs are perfected in black, theupper web receiving its recto impression from one printing-couple of themain machine and its verso impression from one printing-couple of theauxiliary machine. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same machine, butusing the web-reverser, whereby four webs are printed in black, three ofwhich webs are perfected by the primary couples of the main machine, andthe fourth is perfected in black by two of the auxiliaryprinting-machines aided by the transferring mechanism. complete machine,but provided with reversing-gearing whereby part of the mechanisms ofthe auxiliary machine are reversed, so as to accomplish the perfectionof the fourth web. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the web-reverscr shown inside elevation in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a plan view of so much oftheauxiliary machine as is necessary to illustrate its chan ge-gearin gwhereby the motion of one of its printing-couples is reversed, and Fig.Sis a diagram m atic front elevation of the delivery end of the machinewith the folding and delivery devices for the upper longitudinal foldersomitted.

The three perfecting printing mechanisms Fig. 5 is a side elevation ofthe Each of the primary printing mechanisms A, B, and 0 consists of twoprinting-couples composed, respectively, of a form and impressioncylinder, which are preferably of a length capacitating them to print adoublewide web upon its opposite sides, or, in other words, to perfectthe same. The printing mechanism Athus has form-cylinders 2 4 andimpression-cylinders 3 5. The printing mechanism B has form-cylinders 68 and impression-cylinders 7 9, and the printing mechanism O hasform-cylinders 10 12 and impression-cylinders 11 13. The auxiliaryprintingmachine D consists of three printing-couples each composed of aform and impression cylinder, which are preferably of a lengthcapacitating each of them to print a double-wide web. The threeprinting-couples of the auxiliaryprinting-machine are composed of form-'cylinders 1416 18 and coacting impressioncylinders 15 17 19. All of theform-cylinders are respectively provided with suitable inkingmechanisms, the fountains of which will be arranged to carry appropriateinks, and some of their fountains will be arranged for ready removal, sothat the color of ink supplied to some of the form-cylinders may bereadily changed without cleaning out the fountains.

This printing-press is, shown as supplied with a delivery apparatushaving longitudinal folders 0c of the usual form and arranged one abovethe other, so that the webs may be led together to the lowerlongitudinal folder or folders, or one or more of the Webs may be led tothe upper longitudinal folder or folders, according to the productsdesired. With double-wide printing mechanisms, as shown and preferablyused, it will be understood that four longitudinal folders may beemployed, as shown in Fig. 8, some of which may be out of operation attimes, according to the product that is being delivered. If onlysingle-wide webs are to be printed or doublewide webs are to be printedand half of each transferred and superposed upon the other .half, itwill be understood that each of the upper and lower delivery mechanismswill have but a single longitudinal folder. it will be understood alsothat while upper and lower delivery mechanisms are indicated this isonly for a great variety of products, and the form of the deliverymechanism or mechanisms is Slitters 44, 54, 64, and 94 are provided atsuitable pression-cylinder 11,

points for dividing the double-wide webs, as usual in double-wideprinting-presses, and two transferrers y y are shown in dotted lines, bywhich one-half of a web or webs may be transferred and superposed inproducing certain products. All the printing mechanisms are shown asarranged in line, so that the general course of all of the webs passingthrough the printing mechanisms is in the same vertical planes, thedelivery mechanism also being placed in line therewith, so as to securethe preferred straight run of the webs. As shown and described above,separate printing-couples-that is, type and impression cylinders-areused for each impression. While this is not absolutely essential, it ismuch preferable, especially for the different color impressions, as itis difficult otherwise to secure the special underlay and overlayrequired for each of such impressions.

In order to readily explain the present invention, the construction ofthe machine as exhibited by Fig. 1 in respect to the run of its web'swill first be described. The. web a is directed by guides orguide-roller 31 to and around the first impression-cylinder 3, thusreceiving an impression upon oneside from the form-cylinder 2, andthence passes around the second impression cylinder 5, which cylinder 4,by which it is printed on its second side, and'thus perfected. Thisperfected web passes from the impression-cylinder 5 underneath astretching-roller 41 and is directed by guides or guide-rollers 51, 61,71, and 81 to a guide-roller 100, from'which it is led to the deliveryapparatus, having been slit by slitter 54. The web of paperb is guidedby a roller 22 to and around the first impression-cylinder 7, thusreceiving an impression upon one side from the form-cylinder 6, andthence passes around the second impressioncylinder 9, which thus pressesit into contact with the second form-cylinder 8, by which it isprintedupon its second side, thus being perfected. This perfected web passesover a stretching-roller 42 and guides or guide-rollers 52 62 72 to andover the said guiding-roller 100, by which it is carried to the deliverymechanism, having been slit by slitter 64. The-web o is guided by meansof guides or rollers 33 43 53 to and around the first imthus receivingan impression upon one side from the form-cylinder 10, and thence passesaround the second impression-cylinder 13, which presses it into contactwith the second form-cylinder 12, by which it is printed upon its'secondside and thus perfected. This perfected web then passes outward under astretching-roller 63 and thence is guided by guides or guidingrollers 7383 93 to a roller 200 and passes over this to the upper longitudinalfolders, having been slit by slitter 44. As shown in full lines in thisview, Fig. 1, and'asabove described, therefore, the two webs a andbpassoverthe two lower longitudinal folders a and are depresses it intocontact with the second formlivered in two streams at opposite sides ofthe press, while the third web passes over the two upper longitudinalfolders as and is delivered similarly or in any other suitable manner.As shownin dotted lines in this view, Fig. 1, the transferrers y y maybe used and half of the webs b and c transferred and superposed, so asto be delivered by the folders on one side of the press, the web a beingthen not used, or the halves of this web a run in with the superposedhalves of webs b and 0, one half of web (LOH each of the opposite sidesof the press, if desired, or any other suitable combination of the websbeing made, according to the products desired. It will be understoodthat all three webs may be run together over the lower longitudinalfolders or the upperlongitudinal folders, if desired, and in Figs. 2 to5 they are shown as all delivered by the lower longitudinal folders.

In Fig. 2 three double rolls are used,as before, the webs a b thereofbeing printed, slit,and delivered, as before, while the third'web 0 runsfrom the guide 73 to a guide 81, from which it passes directly to theauxiliary machine D, entering between the impression-cylinder 15 andform-cylinder 14 of one printing-couple, thence between theimpression-cylinder 17 and form-cylinder 16 of' the secondprintingcoup1e,and therefrom between the'impressioncylinder 19 and thetype-cylinder 18 of the third printing-couple of the auxiliaryprinting-machine, and thence is led past the guide 93 to the roller 100with the other. webs, having been slit by slitter 94. In this case ifthe ink-fountain of the type or form cylinder 12 of the printingmechanism 0 is provided with a suitable one of the primary colors andthe inking mechanism of the type or form cylinder 14 with another, andthe inking mechanism of the type or form cylinder 16 is provided with athird of the primary colors, and the inking mechanism of the type orform cylinder 18 is supplied with black ink, said web 0 will be printedby the form-cylinder 10 with black upon one side, by the form-cylinder12 with one of the primary colors, by the form-cylinder 14 with anotherof the primary colors, by the form-cylinder 16 of the secondprinting-couple with the last of the primary colors, whereby the coloredpicture is produced, and such printed web will have added to the samesurface by the form-cylinder 18 the key plate impression in black. Twostreams of products at opposite sides of the press are thus obtained,each product being formed of sheets from the two webs a. b,printed inblack,and an outer sheet from web c,printed in black on the inner sideand in three colors and key-plate in black on the outer side.

In Fig. 3 the webs a b are printed, perfected, slit, and delivered asbefore, while the web 0 passes through the first printing-couple of theprinting mechanism 0, and is thereby printed upon one side in black, isthence led under the stretching-roller 63 and over guide roller 73,thence under a guide 85, thence over the impression-cylinder 19 andbetween it and its form-cylinder 18,whereby it receives an impression onits opposite side in black, and then is directed past the guide 93,where it is slit by slitter 94, and to the roller 100, as before,whereby this web is perfected in black without'any change in theink-fountains from the arrangement for printing in color. If now theauxiliary machine D is supplied with reversing mechanism,

whereby the same maybe adapted to print and perfect, as well as to printon one side merely, not only may three webs be printed and perfected, asin the case of Fig. 1, but a fourth web may be perfected by a simplepassage through said auxiliary machine and be delivered with the saidthree webs, so as to make a four-web product. Any suitable re versingmechanism for this purpose may be used, and I have shown herein twoforms thereof-to wit, a web-reverser for turning the web andchange-gearing for changing the direction of movement of one of theprintingcouples.

The fourth web-roll is added in suitable bearings, as shown in Fig. 4,and when a webreverser is used the fourth web 01 is passed over suitableguides to and between the printing-couple 14 15, thence around theturningbars 101 102 103 104 105 of the web-reverser and, being reversedthereby,is passed through the printing-couple 18 19, and thence out pastthe slitter 94, by which it is di vided,.to the delivery mechanism, withthe other webs, as shown in Figs. 4, 6, and 8, thus forming two four-webproducts on opposite sides of the press. This fourth web d may besimilarly printed by a reversing mechanism applied to thedriving-gearing of the auxiliary printing mechanism D, as is shown inFigs. 5 and 7, and the reversing mechanism consisting of change-gearingwill now be described. The driving-gearing for the auxiliary machine isprimarily arranged to move the printing-couples of the auxiliary machinein a common onward direction, as is indicated in Figs. 2 and 4, wherethe wheel 'is moved as is indicated by its arrow and meshes directlywith the gears on one end of the shafts of the impression-cylinders 1517 19, respectively.

In order to reverse the run of the printingcouple 14 15, the shaftcarrying the wheel 125 is provided at its opposite end with a gearwheel129, which gears through an intermediate with a pinion 131 on the shaftof cylinder 15, which carries on its, other end the gear 126, which isin position to engage gear 125 when impression cylinder 15 is drivendirectly from the gear 125, as shown in Fig. 4. The gear 129 and thegear 130, and also the gears 126 and 125, are arranged to be connectedor disconnected by adjusting the gears 126 and 130 longitudinally oftheir shafts,so as to drive the cylinder 15 in the desired direction,the position of the gearing IIO in Fig. 7 being such as to reverse themovement of the printing-couple 14 15 from that which it has in Fig. 4to that given to it in Fig. 5. By this latterarrangement the web fromthe fourth roll is first led by the guide 86 through the firstprinting-couple 14 15 of the auxiliary machine D and printed upon Y oneside, thence around guide to the third printing-couple of said machineto be printed upon itsfsecond side or perfected, whence itpasses'ontward'past flieslitter 94 and to roller 1-00 for delivery incommon with the other perfected webs over the lower longitudinal anismsmaybe made so as to embody the present invention. It is usually desired,however, especiallyin newspaper work,that products'formed of two or moresheets, including a color-sheet, should have the color-sheet upon theoutside of the product, so that I. have shown the auxiliary printingmechan isms as located in such a position that the color-web runs abovethe other webs and the latter are thus folded withinthe color-web asthey pass over the'longitudinal folder; but it will be understood thatthis is not essential.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a web printingand' perfectingmechanism, of a plurality of'web' printing mechanisms adapted primarilyto make multiple impressions on one sideof a web andarranged to coactwith said web printing and perfecting mechanism in color printing on asingle web, and reversing mechanism combined with said printing mechan-Iisms to secure the printing and perfecting of a plurality of webs,substantially as set forth.

2; The combination witha web printing and perfecting mechanism, of threeweb-printing mechanisms adaptedprimarily to make multiple impressions ononeside of a web and arranged to coact with said web printing andperfecting mechanism in color-printing on a single web, and reversingmechanism combined with said three printing mechanisms to secure theprinting and perfecting of a Web by said mechanisms, substantially asset' forth.

3. The combination with a web printing and perfectihg mechanism, of aplurality of webprinting mechanisms adaptedprimarily to make .multipleimpressions on oneside of the web and arranged to coact with said webprinting and perfecting mechanism in printing a web in colors with oneof the color impressions printed bythe web printing and perfectingmechanism and the other color impressions including the key-plateimpression in black printed by said printing mechanisms, or to print andperfect a web-by the other printing-surface of the web printing andperfecting mechanism and the key-plate printing mechanism, substantiallyas 'described.

4. The combination with a web printing and perfecting mechanism, ofthree web-printing mechanisms adapted primarily to make multipleimpressions on one 'side of a web and arranged to coact with said webprinting and perfecting mechanism in printing a web in colors with oneof the color impressions printed by the web printing and perfectingmechanism and two color impressions and the key-plate impression inblack printed by said three printing mechanisms, or to print and perfecta web by the other printing-surface of the web printing and perfectingmechanism and the key-plate printing mechanism, substantially as setforth;

5. The combination with a web printing and perfecting mechanismconsisting of two printing-couples, of a plurality of Web-printingmechanisms consisting of separate printingcouples and adapted primarilyto makemultiple impressions on one side of a web and arranged to'coactwith said web printing and perfecting mechanism in printing a web incolors with one of the color impressions printed by one of the couplesor the web printing and perfecting mechanism and the other colorimpressions and key-plate impression in black printed by said printing'mechanisms or to print and perfect a web by the other printing-coupleof the web printing and perfecting mechanism and the key-plateprinting-couple, substantially as setforth.

6. The combination with a web printing and perfecting mechanism, of aplurality of webTprint-ing mechanisms adapted primarily to make multipleimpressions on one'side of the web and arranged to coact with said webprinting and perfecting mechanism in printing a web in colors with oneof the color impressions printed by the web printing and perfectingmechanism and the other color impressions including the key-plateimpression in black printed by said pri'nting'"mechanisms, or'to printand p'erfecta webjby the other printing-surface of the web'printing andperfecting mechanism and the key-plate printing mechanism, and reversingmechanism combined with said printing i'nechamsms to secure theprinting'and perfecting of a web by said printing mechanisms,substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with a plurality of web printing and perfectingmechanisms of a plurality of web-printing mechanisms adapted primarilyto make multiple impressions 011 one side of a web and arranged to coactwith one of said web printing and perfecting mechanisms incolor-printing on a single web, and reversing mechanism combined withsaid printing mechanisms to secure the printing and perfecting of a webby said printing mechanisms, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination with three web printing and perfecting mechanisms, ofa plurality of web-printing mechanisms adapted primarily to makemultiple impressions on one side of a web and arranged to coact with oneof said web printing and perfecting mechanisms in color-printing on asingle web, and reversing mechanism combined with said mechanisms tosecure the printing and perfecting of four webs simultaneously thereby,substantially as set forth.

9. The combination with a web printing and perfecting mechanism, ofaplurality of Webprinting mechanisms adapted primarily to make multipleimpressions on one side of a web and arranged to coact with said webprinting and perfecting mechanism in color-printing on a single web, andreversing mechanism combined with said'mechanisms to secure the printingand perfecting of a plurality of webs thereby, said printing mechanismsand said printing and perfecting mechanism being so arranged that thegeneral course of the webs passing through them is in the same verticalplanes, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with three web printin g and perfecting mechanisms,of a plurality of web-printing mechanisms adapted primarily to makemultipleimpressions on one side of a web and arranged to coact with oneof said web printing and perfecting mechanisms in color-printing on asingle web, and reversing mechanism combined with said mechanisms tosecure the printing and perfecting of four webs simultaneously thereby,said printing mechanisms and said printing and perfecting mechanismsbeing so arranged that the general course of the webs passing throughthem is in the same vertical planes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

\VILLIAM SPALCKHAVER.

\Vitnesses:

T. F. KEHOE, A. V. BOURKE.

